Accessing the Health Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer in Brazil

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Adolescents and young adult cancer patients have unique characteristics and specific needs that, when properly comprehended, can improve quality of life during and after the oncologic treatment.Objective: verify those that would be the main health needs among this group of patients.Method: cultural and linguistic validation of a canadian questionnaire regarding the theme, with posterior application on 252 patients afflicted by malign neoplasms, with ages 15-39 undergoing oncological treatment or having finished their treatment in the last 5 years.Results: we have verified differences and similarities when comparing the results from Brazil and Canada.Some needs had the same level of importance, such as preoccupations with healthy diets, while other presented disparities that reflect cultural differences between the two groups.Conclusion: based on the gathered results, we indicated what would be the specific needs of this demographic, guiding adequations to physical space, interdisciplinary follow-ups and the supplying of information relevant to the target groups in question.

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